David L. Brown, M.D., professor and head of the University of Iowa Department
of Anesthesiology, was elected the new president of the Association of University
Anesthesiologists (AUA).

The election, for a two-year term as president, was held during the organization's
50th Anniversary Meeting in Milwaukee.

A UI faculty member since 1997, Brown is known for his research with regional
anesthesia, pain medicine and pancreatic cancer pain control.

Currently, Brown studies the safety of matching regional anesthesia with
selected surgical patients. New studies are planned to explore regional analgesia
techniques with elderly patients experiencing hip fractures. The results
of current studies are expected to lead to less morbidity for these patients.

Brown came to the UI following faculty appointments at the Mayo Clinic in
Rochester, Minn. and the Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Wash.

He received his medical degree from the University of Minnesota in 1978.

The AUA was founded in 1953 to advance the art and science of anesthesiology
through original research investigations, development of new teaching methods
and the exchange of ideas about the specialty. Membership is limited to university
anesthesia faculty members with a strong record of research, teaching and
leadership within the field.

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